Sunday 19 January 2014

Nature Camp to Madhav NationalPark, National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary and Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary conducted in the month of December, 2013.

Our group at National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary

November is a month from which the winter season starts in major part of India. It is also a time when migratory birds (winter migrants) visit our country. Also, its time for butterflies. For MSO , this season started with Banni Grasslands and followed by Madhav NP, National Chambal WLS (listed in IBA) and Keoladeo National Park (World heritage status given by UNESCO in 1979). 17 of us attended the camp. We are thankful to the Forest Department of - Madhav NP, National Chambal WLS (Madhya Pradesh) and our Bharatpur Field Office, Keoladeo National Park for their guidance and support.
We also visited karera sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. It is a good place birding but unfortunately there is a case going on to denotify this sanctuary. We sighted many birds at this huge wetland. If this area gets further protection by law then definitely it can attract many birds species and ultimately it will help in conservation of the bird habitat which are getting lost day-by-day. Please visit http://www.mptourism.com/web/experience/wildlife/sanctuaries/karera.aspx to know more about the place.




Rare entrance of Forest rest house @ Madhav NationalPark. Nice place for birding. Pic by Mr. R. Naimi



Observing birds @ Keoladeo. Pic by Mr. R. Naimi



Visit to Jhansi Fort. Pic by Mr. R. Naimi


For more info on the places please visit: http://shivpuri.nic.in/tourists.htm#Madhav, http://nationalchambalsanctuary.in/, http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/Destinations/Bharatpur/GhanaBirdSanctuary.aspx

Chambal ride. Pic by Mr. R. Naimi
The list of sightings is as follows:

 A. Flora :
1.      Sterculia urens(Gum karaya/Kahandol)
2.      Terminalia arjuna(Arjun tree)
3.      Terminalia crenulata(Ain tree)
4.      Ziziphus mauritiana(Indian jujube/Bor)
5.      Anogeissus latifolia(Axel wood tree/Dhawda)
6.      Anogeissus acuminata (Buttontree)
7.      Acacia nilotica subsp tomentosa(Gum Arabic/Babhali)
8.      Prosopis juliflora (Mesquite)
9.      Bauhinia racemosa (Bidi leaf tree/Apta)
10.  Bauhinia purpurea (Purple bauhinia/Kanchan)
11.  Ipomoea Sps.
12.  Calotropis gigantea (Crown flower/Rui)
13.  Parthenium hysterophorus (Congress grass)
14.  Lantana camara (Lantana/Ghaneri)
15.  Ailanthus excels (Indian tree of Heaven/Mahrukh)
16.  Phyllanthus emblica (Indian Gooseberry/Awla)
17.  Leucaena leucocephala (Subabhul)
18.  Solanum xanthocarpum (Thorny nightshade/Kateringni)
19.  Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
20.  Evolvulus alsinoides (Dwarf morning glory/Vishnukranta)
21.  Salvodora persica (Toothbrush tree/Khankan)
22.  Capparis sepiaria (Wild caper Bush)
23.  Pongamia pinnata (Pongam oil tree/Karanj)
24.  Ficus benghalensis (Vad/Banyan Tree)
25.  Butea monosperma (Flame of the forest/Palas)
26.  Mangifera india (Mango/Amba)
27.  Bombax ceiba (Red silk cotton tree/Katesavar)
28.  Tectona grandis (Teak/Sag)
29.  Cassia fistula (Indian laburnum/Bahava)
30.  Achyranthes aspera (Prickly chaff flower/Aaghada)
31.  Ficus glomerata (Country fig tree/Umber)
32.  Syzygium cumini (Black plum/Jambhul)
33.  Ficus religiosa (Sacred fig tree/Pimpal)
34.  Albizzia lebbeck (Siris tree/Shirish)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
B. Fauna

a. Insects:
Short horned grass hopper
Goliath ant
Honey bee
Striped tiger butterfly
Danied  eggfly butterfly
Tawny coaster butterfly
Great orange tip butterfly

b. Arachnids:
Daddy's longleg
Jumping spider

c. Reptiles:
Fresh water crocodile
Ghariyal (C)
Soft shell turtle (C)
d. Birds:
  1. Peafowl
    Night heron. pic by Mr. E. Thiruvengadam
  2. Indian robin
  3. Oriental magpie robin
  4. Great cormorant
  5. Little cormorant
  6. Common hoopoe
  7. Sykes's lark
  8. Red wattled lapwing
  9. River lapwing (C)
  10. Common stonechat
  11. Blue throat
  12. Eurasian spoonbill
  13. White throated kingfisher
  14. Pied kingfisher
  15. Grey heron
  16. Cattle egret
  17. Red shank
  18. Darter
  19. Egyptian vulture. Pic by Mr. E Thiruvengadam
    Night heron. pic by Mr. E. Thiruvengadam

  20. Egyptian vulture
  21. Eurasian sparrowhawk
  22. Rose ringed parakeet
  23. Black-winged stilt
  24. White breasted waterhen
  25. Black tailed godwit
  26. Jungle babbler
  27. White wagtail
  28. Greater coucal
  29. Little ringed plover
  30. Purple heron
  31. Saras Crane. Pic by Sudheer Agashe
  32. Rufous backed shrike
  33. Black kite
  34. Common pochard
  35. Red pochard (K)
  36. Common teal
  37. Collared scoops owl (K)
  38. Brahminy myna
  39. Rufoustreepie
  40. Spotbill duck
  41. Common coot
  42. Intermediate egret
  43. Painted stork
  44. Bar headed goose
  45. Bronze wingedjacana
  46. Lesser whistling ducks (K)
  47. Rosy pelican (K)
  48. Saras crane (K)
  49. Northern shoveler (K)
  50. Black winged stilt.  Pic by MR. E. Thiruvengadam
  51. Dusky eagle owl (K)
  52. Comb duck (K)
  53. Grey lag goose (K)
  54. Dabchick (K)
  55. Northern pintail (K)
  56. Eurasianmarshharrier
  57. Blackheadedibis
  58. Purple swamphen
  59. Laggar falcon (C)
  60. Black bellied river tern (C)
  61. Indian skimmer (C)
  62. Brown headedgul
  63. Eurasian spoonbill
  64. Black ibis
  65. Hoopoe. Pic by Mr. Sudheer Agashe
  66. Glossy ibis
  67. Green heron
  68. Night heron
  69. Little egret
  70. LArge egret
  71. Blue rock pigeon
  72. Purple sunbird
  73. Spotted owlet
  74. Spotted dove
  75. Plum headed parakeet
  76. White bellieddrongo
  77. Fantail flycatcher
  78. Shikra
  79. Wood sandpiper
  80. Bonelle's eagle
  81. Eurasian thick knee
  82. Tickell'sblue flycatcher
  83. Gadwall
  84. Lesser whitethroat
  85. Black redstart
  86. Pond heron. Pic by Mr. Sudheer Agashe
  87. Bush chat
  88. Prinia
  89. Common sandpiper
  90. Yellow footed green pigeon
  91. Laughing dove
  92. Asian koel
  93. House swift
  94. Indian roller
  95. Black rumped flame back
  96. Bay backed shrike
  97. Black hooded oriole
  98. Asian pied starling
  99. Bank myna
  100. White browed bulbul
  101. Common tailor bird
  102. Grey wagtail.
Painted stork. pic by Mr. E. Thiruvengadam
Hanuman Langur. Pic by Mr. Sudheer Agashe

d. Mammals:
Golden jackal
Three striped palm squirrel
Field mouse
Grey mongoose
Blacknaped hare
Nilgai
Spotted deer
Sambar deer
Hanuman langur
River dolphin (C)




(Please note: abbreviations: National Park - NP; Wildlife Sanctuary - WLS; species sighted only in in keoladeo are marked as - K; species sighted only in in Chambal are marked as - C)





Yellow footed green pigeon. Pic by Mr. E. Thiruvengadam

Thursday 9 January 2014

State Level of Panda Festival of Environment, 2013




2013 was the ninth year of State Level Panda Festival of Environment (PFoE)and this year again it received the precious support of all our volunteers. Without their help this festival wouldn't have been a success. We wish to thank all our participants, volunteers and Maharashtra Nature Park Society for collaborating with us. These are our combined efforts which will continue the noble cause of conservation going ahead.
This year the PFoE received a participation of about 200 schools and College students from the cities of Mumbai, Thane and Pune. 
Teactivitiesconducted are:
Full day activity (Non-competative): Tattoo Making, Make your own bookmark, Take a pic, Nature trails and Photography exhibition
Articles from paper mashes (Paper recycling)
Competitive events: Primary school: Drawing, Environment poetry , Fancydress & Sparrow  house making
Secondary school , college and open category: Paper cup painting, Cloth bag making and painting and Skit
Only for secondary school: Demonstrative model making

Few moments captured in camera:
Preperations:
Volunteers training session. Pic by Dr. Shreya

Volunteer training session Pic by Gauri

Volunteer training session Pic by Gauri

Volunteer training session Pic by Gauri

Volunteers (Akshay, Amol, Rucha, Abhishek and Dhanashree) engrossed in preparing the poster. Pic by Gauri
During the Festival








Registration desk

Registration desk pic by Gauri












The beginning pic by Akshay


Nature trails pic by Dr. Shreya

Photo exhibition pic by Gauri
make your own Bookmark pic by Vishal














Article from paper mashes by Akshay pic by Gauri 













Tattoo making by Sakshi Shastrakar pic by Vishal
Take a photograph - pic by Vishal


Results
Drawing pic by Gauri
Primary School
A. Drawing Competition
1. D-PR-05-Shivaji Shikshan Sanstha-Omkar Ghogale
2.D-PR-07-Presidency-Ketaki Jadhav
3. D-PR-02-Shradhanan Mahilashram -Shabnam Shaikh

Sparrow Nest making pic by Akshay


B. Sparrow House Making
1.SH-PR-05-Unique Vision-     Prathamesh Bhalke
Atharv Vahile
Dhanraj Sali

2. SH-PR-06-Unique Vision-    
Anand Choudhary
Piyush Surve               
Shubham Korde
Sparrow nest making pic by Akshay


3.SH-PR-02-Prime Academy-  Ayush Sinha
                                                Binal Bodke
                                                Dhruv Gupta
3.SH-OR-01-Prime Academy- Yash Gangurde
                                                Rutuja Dhavale
                                                Shloka Shetty
Environment poetry Pic by Gauri


C. Environment Poetry
English:
1. EP-E-P-04-Presidency-Bhumi Patil
Marathi :
1.EP-M-P- 01-Prime Academy-Manasvi Pant
2. EP-M-P-05- Prsidency School-Nirmiti Jadhav
3.EP-M-P-07-Shivaji Shikshan Sanstha-Janhavi Shirgaonkar

Fancy dress pic by Akshay

D. Fancy Dress
2. F-P-06-Unique Vision -Anushka Rathore
2. F-P-05-Presidency School-Nirmiti Jadhav
3.F-P-07-Unique Vision-Rushikesh Khilare
3. F-P-04-Presidency-Manavi Singh







Secondary Schools/Colleges/Open Category
A. Group Rangoli
Secondary School:
1. GR-SS-09-IES Modern English School-        Pooja Shinde
                                                                        Vaidehi Sawant
                                                                        Akshaya Radaye
                                                                        Revathi Dusa
2. GR-SS-06-Rotary School-    
 Gaurav Patil
 Shweta Navle
Group rangoli pic by Gauri
 Hiral Prajapati
 Kalpesh Late

2. GR-SS-04-Udyachal Highschool-     Riya Hande
Ririka Yadav
Akanksha Patil
Shreya Devlekar

3. GR-SS-07-Presidency School-          Niyati Gosrani
Manali Waghmare
Ayesha Jain
Shreya Jain

College:
1. GR-C-02-Patkar College-    Sonal Walkar
                                                Mitali Shelke
2. GR-C-01-Patkar College-    Kajal Mishra
                                                Divya Pandey
B. Paper Cup Painting
Paper cup painting
Secondary School
1.P-SS-14-Presidency School-Saromita Chaudhary
2. P-SS-a5-Presidency School-Kajal Puri
3. P-SS-07-Udyachal Highschool-Kavya Suresh
College
1.P-C-08-Podar College-Ritika Y.
Open Category
1.P-O-01-Prime Academy-Prasad Nagarkar
2. P-O-03-Presidency School-Mayuri Patil
3. P-O-02-Presidency School-Anita Lonari
Cloth bag making and painting pic by Akshay
C. Cloth bag Making
Secondary School
1.CB-SS-15-Presidency-Niyati Gosrani
2. CB-SS-09-Udayachal Highschool-Aakanksha Patil
3. CB-SS-10-Udyachal Highschool-Shreya Devlekar
College
1.CB-C-06-Patkar College-Priyanka Gupta
Open
1. CB-O-01-Presidency School-Anita Lonari
Skit pic by Vishal
D. Skit Competition
Secondary School
1. S-SS-03-Udaychal Highschool-        Jash Bhatia
Ansh Mehta
Sumeet Gada
Yashraj Mehra







Skit pic by Vishal

2. S-SS-02-Vidyabhushan Highschool- Aaganchekar Saurabh
Pawar Dattaram
Mane Avinash
Chavan Aditya
3. S-SS-07-Presidency School- 
Aman Jain
Diksha Waghchaude
Durgeshwari Sawant
Jainam Vinakiya

College
1. S-C-01-Mittal College-        
Dilip Gurav
Ajay Patil
Jyotsna Gothal
Madhuri Athavale
Demonstrative model making pic by vishal

E. Demonstrative Model Making
Secondary School
1.DM-SS-08-Shivaji Shikshan Sanstha-Omkar Katule
2. DM-SS-05-Jamnabi Narsee-Kevin Kavani
3. DM-SS-07-shivaji Shikshan Sanstha-Suranjan Jadhav


 



Volunteers

 Our Volunteers : Great Support for Panda Festival Of Environment 


  1. Prasad A.Khedekar

  2. Dhanashree Gawde

  3. Rucha Wagh 

  4. Anil Mishra

  5. Kaushik Koli

  6. Vinaya R. Desai

  7. Kirti D. Shelke

  8. Pankaj Tryambake

  9. Iskra P.Shinde

  10. Amruta A. More

  11. Latesh Sherkhane

  12. Sagar Tandel

  13. Brian Dsilva

  14. Umesh Tambe

  15. Ankita Prabhu

  16. Swanand Gawde

  17. Akanksha Dhotre

  18. Vaishnavi P. Ranim

  19. Shravni G. Dhawde

  20. Aparna W. Badade

  21. Soniya H. Saroj

  22. Kamlesh R.Yadav

  23. Shrutika Phopale

  24. Vrushali G.Bhuvad

  25. Namrata R.Patil

  26. Manali R.Avghade

  27. Prachi R. Pandey

  28. Mayuri M. Khedekar

  29. Dipali S. Naik

  30. Minakshi K.Dare

  31. Swapnil S. Satardekar

  32. Aakash A.Chawan

  33. Rajesh E. Avhad

  34. Daivat K.Bandgar

  35. Neeta S. Aadhav

  36. Sonali N. Sanas

  37. Amul Patil

  38. Aditi Murkar

  39. Sumit S. Dhotre

  40. Akshay S.Shinde

  41. Asmita S. Jangam

  42. Nikita Khot

  43. Vinay S. Patil

  44. Abhishek N.Satam

  45. Kaustubh Patil

  46. Pratik Walawalkar

  47. Sandesh Mahadik

  48. Sai Bhalekar

  49. Vishal Rasal

  50. Akshay Talwalkar

  51. volunteers certificate giving pic by Vishal

    Amey Jaokar

  52. Amol Kuthe

  53. Priyanka Chedda

  54. Ashwini Dubey

  55. Kashmira Khot

  56. Tushar Kore

  57. Snehank Bhatkar 

 

Prize distribution pic by Akshay

Judges:

  1. Usha Soman

  2. Sakshi Shastrakar

  3. Vishal Rasal

  4. Sai Bhalekar

  5. Avinash Shikhare

  6. Panoti Joshi

  7. Abhishek Satam

    paper pulp articles prepared by Akshay pic by Vishal

    children admiring the bags pic by Akshay

Paper cups pic by Gauri



Fancy dress competition pic by Akshay